title: [Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension].
abstract: A chronic increase of the portal venous pressure is not only a sequel of liver cirrhosis. There is a large group of different diseases leading to "non-cirrhotic portal hypertension". Clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment are discussed. The discrimination between cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension is important for the understanding of differences in clinical signs and course of the diseases, however.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Medizin II Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik Freiburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kreisel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gerok
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011169:Portal Vein; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications; D013162:Splenic Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Die nicht-zirrhotisch bedingte portale Hypertonie.